diff --git a/wrappers/cpp/class_header.mustache b/wrappers/cpp/class_header.mustache
index 6e4e94876..b81329836 100644
--- a/wrappers/cpp/class_header.mustache
+++ b/wrappers/cpp/class_header.mustache
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 {{/isfactory}}{{/_class}}
 
 
+{{#_class}}
+{{#isNotListener}}
+struct {{{privCClassName}}};
+{{/isNotListener}}
+{{/_class}}
+
+
 namespace linphone {
 
 	{{#priorDeclarations}}
@@ -68,6 +75,7 @@ namespace linphone {
 			LINPHONECXX_PUBLIC ~{{{className}}}();
 			LINPHONECXX_PUBLIC const void *c_struct() const {return mPrivPtr;}
 			{{/isnotrefcountable}}
+			LINPHONECXX_PUBLIC {{{privCClassName}}} *cPtr() {return ({{{privCClassName}}} *)mPrivPtr;}
 			{{/isNotListener}}
 			
 			{{#ismonolistenable}}
diff --git a/wrappers/cpp/genwrapper.py b/wrappers/cpp/genwrapper.py
index c7b42f591..45773addd 100755
--- a/wrappers/cpp/genwrapper.py
+++ b/wrappers/cpp/genwrapper.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class CppTranslator(object):
 			'isVcard'             : (_class.name.to_c() == 'LinphoneVcard'),
 			'className'           : CppTranslator.translate_class_name(_class.name),
 			'cClassName'          : '::' + _class.name.to_c(),
+			'privCClassName'      : '_' + _class.name.to_c(),
 			'parentClassName'     : 'Object' if _class.refcountable else None,
 			'methods'             : [],
 			'staticMethods'       : [],